For many in the field of cell and gene therapy, 2020 had a singular theme: COVID-19. Dozens of clinical and preclinical trials were launched in labs around the world to test the efficacy of cell therapies to target complications from COVID-19 infection. But while the pandemic drew most of the media attention, it wasn’t the…
Breakthroughs in next-generation cell therapies have continued to progress rapidly over the past several years. Currently, more than 1,000 cell and gene therapies are in clinical studies. These therapies have the potential to transform the lives of people living with cancer and other diseases. The ONE Forum® 2020 highlighted new cell and gene therapy research…
Just like for all businesses, March 2020 began what would become months of uncharted territory for our Be The Match BioTherapies® team. Overnight, travel to visit with cell therapy partners and potential clients was grounded. Conferences where connections are made…canceled. Even team meetings that were once in person moved online. But through these challenges, resiliency…
As the race for remedies to COVID-19 continues, basic questions about the virus’s pathology and virulence remain unanswered. While much about the disease is unknown, this much is clear: COVID-19 is accelerating medical innovation, especially in the field of cell therapies. Researchers with CellTrials.org report that well over 100 clinical and preclinical trials have been…
Sourcing your starting material from high-quality, healthy donors matters when you are manufacturing an allogeneic cell therapy. Any misstep can mean delays in your allogeneic therapy’s development. That makes your choice of a cell sourcing vendor critically important. Our team has sourced and collected cells for time critical cell therapies from more than 100,000 volunteer…
Travel disruptions caused by COVID-19 have meant little more than delayed holidays or missed work meetings for most of us. They’re inconveniences, but hardly life-threatening challenges. But for patients who depend on cell therapies to provide potentially curative treatments, the pandemic’s canceled flights and closed borders have posed a real threat to their wellbeing. In…
During the COVID-19 pandemic, couriers from the National Marrow Donor Program® (NMDP)/Be The Match® have been a key link in the cell therapy supply chain. They’ve delivered thousands of time-sensitive therapies to waiting patients around the world. Kelley Steffens became an NMDP/Be The Match courier during COVID-19. Here she shares the story of her first…
The progress toward more effective cell therapies for cancer in recent years has been astounding. Leading the way are chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapies. The exploration of CAR-T has opened new doors for treating numerous forms of cancer and other diseases. Recently, the FDA approved TecartusTM. This CAR-T therapy is intended to treat relapsed…
For Be The Match BioTherapies® CEO Amy Ronneberg, the path to becoming named one of the Top 25 BioTech CEOs of 2020 by TechCEOs was filled with twists and turns. Growing up in a small town in Wisconsin, she never imagined a degree in Accounting would someday lead her to one of today’s fastest growing…